This will be the first trial and the same procedure will be implemented for the next 59 matches to be played between now and April 2024. This will apply to both ODI and T20 matches played by full member teams in the men's category.

The opening match will be played in Barbados. The stop clock will limit the time taken between overs, i.e. the bowling team must be ready to bowl the first ball of their next over within 60 seconds of the completion of the previous over. Failure to do so for the third time in an inning (after two warnings) will result in the fielding team being penalised five runs.

Wasim Khan, ICC General Manager – Cricket, stated: "We are constantly looking for ways to speed up the pace of play in international cricket. The stop clock trial in white-ball international cricket follows the introduction of a successful new playing condition in 2022, which resulted in the fielding team only being allowed four players outside of the inner circle if they were not in a position to bowl the first ball of their final over in the stipulated time. The outcomes of the stop clock trial will be assessed at the end of the trial period."

So we are about five months into testing and analysing how this clock, which will speed up the pace of the game and force players to act more quickly, will work. As a result, everything will be faster.